What kind of reporting database you are building?

I had done one before, the database contains all the reports, their source file (flat file), format file, DTS package, database table, report...

Steve,

What is wrong with Iowa? The people there needs a job too. Also there are a lot of high tech company in Minnesota, it would attract a lot of good...

Cash is the best prize. BTW do we need to report to IRS?

One thing I asked was the turn over rate in the department and the company as a whole for the last five years. If there is a high turn...

I agree that the manager of the IT team does not need to have excellent technical knowledge. As a matter of fact, I used to work for a manager...

Sometimes I wonder what is the purpose of getting the cert.  There are companies out there would not hire a DBA without microsoft cert. Do they think those people are...

No none of the call updates any table. They are all Select statements. That's why I did not understand why a deadlock would happen.

I don't believe the list either.  I know a couple people used to work in a few companies on the list.  They were miserable and said the company was horrible.

As William...

I just want to know how many company has migrated from SQL Server 2000 to 2005 and running in production.   While we are still struggling with SQL Server 2005 and...

BI - Business Intelligence (Data warehouse)

There is an organizational change in my company and I was moved to be under a new manager and a new team.  My manager works in Indiana.  Some of my...

A stored procedure is a group of t-sql statements compiled into execution plan.  When you use the stored procedure, the same execution plan will be used and that's why it...

Superman, superwoman, supergirl, superdog...., they are all imaginary, so is Super DBA !!!!!

BTW, we hired a guy whose resume was wonderful and he had over 10 years experiences.  When he came to interview, he talked liked he knew what he was doing. ...

I left my first job after two years because I felt I was not going anywhere and there was nothing to learn.  I was given all the simple task to...